AstraZeneca sued by pension fund over alleged Covid vaccine testing flaws

The retirement plan accused the firm and its executives of “wrongful acts and omissions” and sought authorization to sue on behalf of all investors who shed out as a result of the share value drop. 

Pascal Soriot, Astra’s main government, informed Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Tuesday that the company’s associates at Oxford University experienced “said it was not moral to vaccinate outdated men and women until finally they experienced plenty of safety information in younger people”.

“Other providers took this danger, went forward and vaccinated older men and women faster or earlier,” he mentioned. 

“But we have robust information showing pretty robust antibody creation in opposition to the virus in the aged, identical to what we see in younger men and women,” he added.

AstraZeneca was contacted for comment concerning the lawsuit.